You Can Keep It to Yourself

When Mo Jingchun spotted Baozi, a group of people had gathered around her, pointing and staring.

Curious, Mo Jingchun walked over to the crowd under the shade of the tree. The employees scattered as soon as they saw their boss.

It wasn't time to clock out yet. They were all here watching a cat, and now the boss had shown up. They'd better hurry back before they got fired.

On the grass beneath the tree, Baozi lay curled up with her paws tucked under her, looking utterly miserable. Anyone would have felt sorry for her.

Sniffing a familiar scent, Baozi raised her vacant eyes.

"Tsk, tsk. What happened? You look like someone bullied you."

Mo Jingchun shook his head, ignored Baozi, and walked away.

It wasn't until a chance encounter that afternoon, when Mo Jingchun saw Baozi scampering around with a soundtrack of her own, that he understood why so many people had gathered to watch her that morning.

Music coming from a cat—now that was something.

In the office.

Candy settled down and focused on her homework. Unlike the other students, she couldn't just breeze through her summer assignments.

There was no need to mention Zero—she could tell at a glance whether an answer was right. Her brother wasn't quite as good, but he was only a little behind.

Hearing footsteps, Candy looked up curiously.

"Brother, you're back."

"Mm."

Mo Jingchun set down the Sun Umbrella in his hand and glanced at the math problems Candy was working on, nodding.

He'd been about to ask about the "speaker" around Baozi's neck, but seeing Candy still doing her homework, he decided against it.

He could ask later when he had time.

"Take your time. No rush."

At that, Candy raised an eyebrow and bent her head, speeding up her homework.